| Saving Cordi's mossy forests (conclusion)
SCIENTISTS and environmentalists explain that the mossy forest serves as a sponge. It absorbs rain and turns fog that envelops it into water in what is called a "fog drip". It releases water gradually to form the rivulets that turn into springs, brooks and rivers that are the lifeblood of communities downstream.
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Lorena Hauser, 95, finds new stage at The Arbor
OCEAN PINES -- Outside on Friday, snow covered the ground and the whirr of a bitter cold wind filled the air. However, inside The Arbor at Ocean Pines, it was warm with sunlight as Lorena Hauser's voice filled the large open area. "It had to be you, wonderful you. It had to be you," Hauser sang in the Arbor's living room area with four other guests. As she sang, she strummed her taropatch, a small guitar-like instrument that has not been made since 1920s. "The last one was made in 1925. I bought this in 1931 at a pawn shop in Philadelphia for $15 and I was told it's now worth over a few thousand dollars," she said. The Arbor at Ocean Pines is an adult day care center designed to meet the medical and health care needs of functionally or cognitively impaired adults, while also providing socialization and activities for the elderly.
Seniors are signing up
If everything clicks, the company planning a new senior-living community in Collierville this spring will start making calls from a waiting list that's already grown to 200 potential residents. The upscale development promises amenities that could put a smile on even the most cantankerous. .
Life's Still Bright In The Twilight
Ruby Brooks won't tell you it's easy to be 91. But she will tell you that friendships and laughter can still come along. PAM KELLEY Staff Writer This story was published in the Observer on October 2, 2005. Ruby Brooks heads down Wilora Lake Lodge's hall, steadied by her walker, which she calls her Cadillac. She's on her way to visit a friend at The Cove, the assisted-living facility that adjoins the lodge. Her friend, who has dementia, moved there last year from the lodge. It's not a move Wilora Lake residents want to make. Ruby certainly doesn't intend to make it. She has lived in this east Charlotte retirement community 17 years. She plans to remain independent in her cozy apartment, she says, until she is carried out in a wooden box. Ruby Beatrice Kilpatrick Brooks turns 92 in November.
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